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Contraposition Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Hold oneself out to be

What does it mean?

"Here I am, a typical mum, she sometimes caught herself thinking, as if someone had accused her of holding herself out to be something else, something superior."

  

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portraying herself as something else

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  • portraying herself as something else
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portraying herself as something else

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Hi,

I would suggest the following meanings for "hold oneself out to be":-

- claim to be;

- present oneself as (se présenter comme, in French)

as per the links I incidentally found hereafter:-

https://www.translatorscafe.com/tcterms/EN/question.aspx?id=28585

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